Re: Buying Eloquence
@Gene: Software piracy is stealing, no matter the reason. NO one can deny that, I"m not even denying that yes, software piracy is stealing. As for the drm, well, let's look at products that have been released. Eloquence uses that continuous drm, so does vocalizer for sapi5. Vocalizer for Nvda, made by Tiflotechnia, still uses an intrusive drm that checks the license every 30 days, but it doesn't specify on which day and what time, so the risk of losing speech is still just as high, for if your isp were to go down on the very day of the license check, you'd be screwed. I think I see a pattern. Some sort of intrusive drm is always used, no matter the developer of these addons. Although, with Nuance Vocalizer Automotive, it could be partially the users' fault, as several licenses were passed around, as being an ini file, it was extremely easy to pass around. So Tiflotechnia relized this, Nuance most likely stepped in and told them to use a strong drm. Because keep in mind, Tiflotechnia, Code FActory, any of those devs, they're essentially buying licenses from Nuance, which in turn are distributed to purchasers. With all these cracks floating around, what is Nuance losing? Money, of course. BEcause licenses aren't being bought from them. So Vocalizer Expressive comes, with intrusive drm. I do think, were it not for Nuance, the drm would be less overkill. Plenty of online drm systems that activate only once, work just fine. I'm saying that dispite the fact it can still be broken, because no drm system is every unbreakable, simply because it's software, and any software is breakable no matter what you do. Were it a one-time activation system, I'd actually consider buying these products, because as much as I'd hate to support Nuance, I would be willing to support Tiflotechnia and Code FActory, as well as Nv Access, with any of the money they get out of purchases. Because these, too, are just individual devs who actually want to help us, not the greedy corporation called Nuance.
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